Summer 2022 Explorer
Our program guide for May through August 2022.
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Game Nights at Gibbs
Introducing a new program: Game Night at Gibbs, sponsored by White Flag Games! Looking for a place to try out some tabletop games, or maybe to play games with others who share the same interest? Our Assistant Park Naturalist, Joe Lembo, is a gaming enthusiast, and he’ll be at Bluegill Shelter at W.S. Gibbs Memorial…
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Summer Day Camps
Join us at McCloud Nature Park this summer for Summer Day Camps!
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Get Free Indiana Lyons Tickets at the Fall Colors Festival
Hendricks County Parks & Recreation, Deka Lash of Plainfield Commons, and the Indiana Lyons have partnered to bring you an entire day of family fun on Saturday, Oct. 16 for FREE! Start your day by taking the family out to McCloud Nature Park for Hendricks County Parks & Recreation’s Fall Colors Festival between 10 a.m….
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Tree Removal on Vandalia Trail
Tree removal work will begin on the Vandalia Trail on Sept. 30, 2021 and continue through the winter. We have contracted Cummins Tree Service to remove a large number of dead trees along the trail. These are predominantly ash trees that fell victim to the Emerald Ash Borer. Cummins Tree Service will begin work right…
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W.S. Gibbs Memorial Park Opens to Public
W.S. Gibbs Memorial Park opened to the public on July 21, 2021. Learn more about Hendricks County’s newest park!
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Prescribed Burn at McCloud Scheduled for March 29
Turner Forestry will be conducting a prescribed burn of the 52-acre prairie at McCloud Nature Park on Monday, March 29. The crew will arrive at the park at about 11 a.m., and the burn takes a few hours to complete. Prescribed burns are part of normal prairie maintenance. They assist greatly in controlling non-native invasive…
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Geocaching Egg Hunt
Looking for a different kind of egg hunt? Try this geocaching version on April 3 at McCloud!
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Winter/Spring 2021 Explorer
Our program guide for January through April, 2021.
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HCP&R Cancels Fall Colors Festival
Danville, Indiana – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hendricks County Parks & Recreation has cancelled the Fall Colors Festival that was to be held at McCloud Nature Park later this month. The annual event is tentatively scheduled to return in 2021, pending the public health situation at that time. The Fall Colors Festival, which was…
